We have long suffered at the hands of studio executives who think nostalgia bait is the best thing since sliced bread, but the use of the formula for reimagining intellectual properties with bankable actors, throwaway cameos and not-so-subtle references is well beyond saturation by now.
I thought it was a pretty fun movie.
Loved the original, still haven’t seen this one yet.
It is very very silly and embraces that. I saw it in theaters and it was a good group laugh a few times.
I had only the weakest tolerance for Jack Black’s shtick before he threw one of his oldest friends under the bus, now I have none at all. Glad to hear I’m not missing much.
I went in with low expectations and enjoyed it.
However… it is literally Jack Blacks King Kong for snakes… So completely unoriginal and an homage at best.
